Tormented in Meshech and Kedar

9/4/2016Alan Adams Psalms 120, 121, 122

These three psalms are part of a group of psalms called "Songs of Degrees," or "Ascents." Dispersed Jews forced from the homeland into foreign places like Meshech and Kedar look for the hills of home and the steps of the temple. They are a type of Christians, who, too, have are expatriates in this world.

Tormented in Meshech and Kedar

9/4/2016Alan Adams Psalms 120, 121, 122

These three psalms are part of a group of psalms called "Songs of Degrees," or "Ascents." Dispersed Jews forced from the homeland into foreign places like Meshech and Kedar look for the hills of home and the steps of the temple. They are a type of Christians, who, too, have are expatriates in this world.

Tormented in Meshech and Kedar

9/4/2016Alan Adams Psalms 120, 121, 122

These three psalms are part of a group of psalms called "Songs of Degrees," or "Ascents." Dispersed Jews forced from the homeland into foreign places like Meshech and Kedar look for the hills of home and the steps of the temple. They are a type of Christians, who, too, have are expatriates in this world.

#13 ...From Men? Who Could Foretell the Future? (4)

Pierce My Ear

8/21/2016Alan Adams Exodus 21; Deuteronomy 15

For youth group (TABS). Lessons to be drawn from Levitical law that allowed for indentured Hebrew slave to choose to remain in his master's house. It is analogous to servants of Christ choosing to remain in His house.

#8 Chicken or the Egg

What Are You Reading?

8/14/2016Alan Adams Ecclesiastes 12:12

Think of the Book of Ecclesiastes as a book review; and Solomon as he who reviews the endless stream of books that uninspired men write. He said, "Of the making of many books, there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." All of this is done to drive us to the "one" book.

Waiting for the Adoption

8/14/2016Alan Adams Romans 8

In unforgettable terms are Paul's description of the plight of men under divine law. He uses his own life and experience under the Law of Moses to make the point. With our minds, he says, we serve the Law of God; but, in our members there's a different that rules us. There's a Way out; that involves a Walk, and a Wait.